The National Judicial Council (NJC) has recommended Olukayode Ariwoola Junior, son of the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Olukayode Ariwoola for appointment as a Judge of the Federal High Court of Nigeria.
Ariwoola Jr was recommended for the Federal High Court bench alongside 22 others who passed the recent screening and interview of the Council.
The decision was taken at the 103rd meeting of the NJC presided over by the CJN himself, Hon. Justice Olukayode Ariwoola.
According to a statement on Friday by the NJC Director of Information, Soji Oye, the council considered the list of candidates presented by its Interview Committee and at the end of deliberation, recommended the names of successful candidates as Head of Court and other Judicial Officers for the Federal High Court and the Sharia Courts of Appeal of Kaduna and Kano State.
The recommended names are as follows:
GRAND KADI, KADUNA STATE
Kadi Muhammad Aminu Danjuma
TWENTY-THREE (23) JUDGES, FEDERAL HIGH COURT
Ekerete Udofot Akpan
Hussaini Dadan-Garba
Egbe Raphael Joshua
Anyalewa Onoja-Alapa
Aishatu Auta Ibrahim
Ogazi Friday Nkemakonam
Ogundare Kehinde Olayiwola
Onah Chigozie Sergius
Hauwa Buhari
Ibrahim Ahmad Kala
Hauwa Joeph Yilwa
Amina Aliyu Mohammed
Sharon Tanko Ishaya
Chituru Joy Wigwe-Oreh
Musa Kakaki
Owoeye Alexander Oluseyi
Abiodun Jordan Adeyemi
Agbaje Olufunmilola Adetutu
Salim Olasupo Ibrahim
Dipeolu Deinde Isaac
Ariwoola Olukayode Jnr
Abdullahi Muhammad Dan-Ige
Mashkur Salisu
FOUR (4) KADIS, SHARIA COURT OF APPEAL, KANO STATE
Muhammad Adam Kadem
Salisu Muhammad Isa
Isa Idris Sa’id
Aliyu Muhammad Kani
All recommended candidates are expected to be sworn-in after the approval of the NJC recommendations to the President and their respective State Governors and or confirmation by their State Houses of Assembly, as the case may be.
The National Judicial Council is one of the Federal Executive Bodies created by the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Amongst other functions, it is responsible for the Appointment, Promotion and Discipline of Judicial Officers.
